West Oakland Cleantech Corridor Tour & Happy Hour

📣 Join the Office of Mayor Barbara Lee and Amalgamated Bank for an exclusive tour of the West Oakland Cleantech Corridor!

On the tour, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the clean tech startups driving breakthrough innovation in the Bay Area. Explore manufacturing and innovation spaces, meet companies already operating in the corridor, and learn how proximity to partners, talent and infrastructure accelerate commercialization of next-generation ideas in the climate movement including permitting guidance, incentives, workforce development partnerships, and real estate connections.

Following the tour, we'll be convening at Prescott Market for a casual networking reception, where you’ll get the chance to meet and mingle with other guests, connect directly with the businesses, and hear from the Office of Mayor Barbara Lee about programs available to support entrepreneurs.

Schedule of Events:

📍4:30pm to 5:00pm – Tour of Lilac Solutions

📍5:15pm to 5:45pm – Tour of Aepnus Technologies

📍5:45pm to 7:30pm – Networking Reception at Prescott Market

Aepnus Technologies: Aepnus builds electrochemical systems that enable the onsite production of reagent chemicals needed to manufacture critical minerals, battery materials, and metals. In doing so, our technology reduces the operating costs of critical mineral mining operations, alumina smelters, paper and textile mills by hundreds of millions of dollars per annum while minimizing supply chain dependence. Aepnus is backed by investors at Clean Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Voyager.

Lilac Solutions: Lilac is a leading technology provider of commercially ready ion exchange (IX) solutions that unlock faster, cheaper, and cleaner production to meet lithium needs now, not later.

This event is designed for investors, business owners, founders, and thought leaders in the climate, sustainability, or clean-tech space. Whether you're an early-stage startup, scaling company, or entrepreneur exploring climate innovation, this tour will connect you to the tools, capital, and community designed to help your business grow.

By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week as well as the event hosts and tour companies.

This event is being held to provide general informational only. This event is not intended to, and will not, constitute (a) a solicitation for any investment,  (b) a recommendation, endorsement, or advice of any kind (including investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice), or (c) a commitment or undertaking to arrange, underwrite, extend, or provide any financing, credit, or other service.